Sports History Network I recently had the opportunity to interview Steve Wright, who played in the NFL for eleven seasons. Steve began his career in 1981 as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys. After playing two seasons with Dallas as a backup offensive lineman and special team’s player, he was traded to the Baltimore Colts, where he … Read more
This is a book review by host of Pro Football in the 1970s and author of multiple books, Joe Zagorski. This book is published by McFarland Books. Credit – McFarland Publisher’s of “The NFL’s 60-Minute Men” by author Chris Willis Pro football author Chris Willis’ new book entitled The NFL’s 60-Minute Men: All-Time Greats of … Read more
Today I’m going to talk about a guy who seemingly came out of nowhere in the late 1960s and burst onto the American open-wheel racing scene. In August 1968, he won the first USAC Midget Race he ever drove in. Then in April of 1969, he won the Astro Grand Prix, a USAC Midget Race … Read more
Forty years ago, the baseball world witnessed one of the best seasons a Major League team ever had. I’m not sure I would rank this team in the top ten all-time, but surely they rank in the top fifteen. I’m talking, of course, about the 1984 Detroit Tigers. SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW THIS PODCAST FOR FREE … Read more
Imagine that you are one of the most skilled people in the world at a particular craft. You even have a sense of humility about it, but you know that you have a gift that makes you better at this thing than nearly everyone else in the world. Now, let us also imagine that you … Read more